Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

Emperor Renxiao was angered by the news sent back by Dongchuan. If the contents of the secret letter were true, the Great Zhou, which had been pacified with great difficulty, would be in chaos again.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired because of the busy government affairs recently!" Emperor Renxiao had already ordered people to strictly keep the news of his fainting secret. Nothing could happen at this critical juncture.

"You evil creature, if it weren't for Lan Xi's sake, I would never forgive you!" Emperor Renxiao glared at Zhou Ru'an and cursed.

"I know I was wrong. I will never hide anything again. I beg you to forgive me this time. I will never be so smart again." Zhou Ru'an knelt on the ground pitifully and begged for mercy.

Shen Lanxi's face was full of worry: "Uncle, how about I go to Medicine King Valley in person to ask for medicine for uncle?"

Emperor Renxiao was very pleased to see her like this.

"No, I just haven't been drinking enough water recently, so I'm a little irritated. I'll just need some heat-clearing tea."

Shen Lanxi's face was full of worry, and she hurried to pour tea for Emperor Renxiao.

"Lan Xi, I asked you to come here so late because I wanted to discuss countermeasures with you."

Zhou Ru'an knew very well that his life and death now depended on Shen Lanxi's hands, so he knelt obediently on the ground, not daring to breathe.

"Uncle, you think too highly of Lan Xi. What can I do?" Shen Lan Xi said carelessly.

Emperor Renxiao pondered for a moment and said, "Today, there was an urgent report from Tianjin that the Haiyang Navy had colluded with the bandits and was planning to seize the entire Dongchuan."

Shen Lanxi was shocked.

"No way, isn't the Tianjin Maritime Navy the Princess's son-in-law's family? Could it be that they are planning to rebel?"

Emperor Renxiao's eyes flashed, and he said viciously: "Zhou Qiwu helped outsiders to frame the prince. She is a traitor. I will not let her go."

Shen Lanxi: "Uncle, the third princess and her children are all in the capital. I believe that Tianjin people won't dare to mess around."

Emperor Renxiao said worriedly, "I'm afraid Zhou Qiwu has sent a message to Jinmen, asking Jinmen to put pressure on the court."

Shen Lanxi snorted coldly: "Then we can't let Zhou Qiwu and the others go back. Letting them go back is like letting a tiger go back to the mountain."

Emperor Renxiao glanced at the angry Shen Lanxi, then looked down at his spineless son who was kneeling on the ground.

The fire in my heart is getting stronger.

"We will definitely not let them go, but we can't confine them in the mansion either."

"Lan Xi, Wang Xiangrong sent assassins to kill you. I cannot give you a satisfactory explanation. I am sorry for having wronged you!" This is why Emperor Renxiao called Shen Lan Xi here.

Intended to comfort!

"Uncle, for the sake of the court's overall interests, isn't it just a matter of suffering a little? Lan Xi doesn't care about that."

Emperor Renxiao nodded and said, "I will order them to be released from house arrest tomorrow. There is still one night left. If you feel uncomfortable, you can go and talk to them. Remember, don't go too far."

Shen Lanxi's eyes lit up, and she happily bid farewell to Emperor Renxiao and rushed to the princess's mansion without stopping.

"What are you doing here?" Wang Xiangyi looked coldly at Shen Lanxi who suddenly appeared.

She came here openly on the emperor's orders.

"Two hundred thousand taels, I beg His Majesty to spare you and your two children."

Wang Xiangyi looked at Shen Lanxi suspiciously with a cold face: "Are you so kind?"

Shen Lanxi sneered: "Two hundred thousand taels of silver to buy your brother's life is a good deal!"

Wang Xiangyi didn't believe it and sneered, "Even if you don't come, His Majesty won't do anything to us."

Shen Lanxi raised her eyebrows: "Don't buy it? Well then, I will submit the evidence that you have been colluding with Zhou Ru'an for a long time to His Majesty."

Seeing her stand up and about to leave, Wang Xiangyi hurriedly said, "Stop."

Shen Lanxi didn't even stop.

Seeing this, Wang Xiangyi no longer dared to harbor any hope, and quickly ran up to Shen Lanxi and stretched out her hand to stop her.

"I can give you the silver, but you have to promise that after you take the silver, you won't reveal what happened between us and Zhou Ru'an."

Shen Lanxi: "I want to see the money immediately."

Wang Xiangyi: "We need to sign a written agreement."

Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "I dare to establish it, but do you dare to show it to the world?"

Wang Xiangyi was angry and snorted coldly: "You wait!" Then he quickly walked into the inner room.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Lanxi left the princess's mansion holding the box.

The next day, Zhou Qiwu and Zhou Ru'an received imperial edicts at the same time, lifting the house arrest. The reason given by both houses was the same: Zhou Ruyuan was going to marry a concubine soon, and asked the two houses to help arrange it.

Although the name of a concubine contains the word "fei", she is actually a concubine.

Even when the royal family took in a concubine, she would be carried into the house in a sedan chair and a few tables of banquets would be set. Even the dowry that a concubine brought with her when she entered the house had a set limit and could not exceed a certain amount.

Before Shen Yuantang left, the Shen family was on high alert, and Old Madam Shen stared at her closely, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

After finally making it to the day before leaving home, Shen Yuantang started making a fuss again about the wedding dress and dowry.

"When my elder sister got married, she had a 10-mile-long dowry. Why is it that when it comes to my wedding, I only have 20 dowries, and they are all worthless things. Even the banknotes in the dowry only have a few thousand taels."

"Where's mother? I want to see her..."

Shen Yuantang was held down by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the yelling made Old Madam Shen's head almost explode.

"If you continue to act like this, His Majesty will blame you. Do you want our whole family to be exiled again?" Old Lady Shen was furious.

Shen Yuantang felt that she had no place to vent her grievances. She was the daughter of Princess Minrou and the niece of the current emperor.

Not only did she not marry into a wealthy family as a wife, but she was actually forced to be a concubine.

A concubine is just a lowly thing, if you want to be her, you have to make her the principal wife.

"Mom, I want to see my mother!"

Old Madam Shen was annoyed by Shen Yuantang's yelling and sent someone to call Zhou Xinrou.

The person who went to call came back soon to report: "The princess is not feeling well, and she is calling the palace doctor for treatment."

Madam Shen made up her mind: "Go call Lan Xi and let Lan Xi treat her!"

When Shen Yuantang heard her elder sister's name, her body trembled. She thought that they were sisters from the same mother, so even if her elder sister came, she would be on her side.

"Go ahead and call. I want my big sister to make the decision for me!"

Old Madam Shen almost vomited blood because of this sentence.

"You bastard, it's as if I'm bullying you. You've brought shame upon the girls in my family, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and you're turning the tables on me."

Old Madam Shen wished she could send Shen Yuantang to the palace in a sedan chair right now!

Shen Lanxi had someone pack a few things for Shen Yuantang to add to her makeup. Just as she was about to have someone deliver them, someone came from the Shen residence.

"Lan Xi, you're here. Your sister, that bastard, is making trouble!"

He doesn't make a fuss early in the morning or late in the evening, but he makes a fuss the night before going out. Isn't it just to ask his family to give him more money as a dowry?

Old Madam Shen originally had some savings, but now after she made such a fuss, don't even expect her to give you an extra ounce of silver.

"What? I heard that you don't want to get married?" Shen Lanxi looked at the noisy and disheveled Shen Yuantang with a serious look.